Wall-bed.



No. 896,239. PATENT-ED AUG..l8, 1 908.

E. B. PEIROE.

WALL BED.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8,1907.

3 SHBEITSSHEET 1 No 896,289. PATENTED AUG. 18,1908.

E. B. PBIRGE.

WALL BED; APBLIGATION FILED APR. 8,1907.

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WI NESSES Ho, 896,239. PATENTED. AUG 18, 1908.

E. B. PEIRGE.

WALL BED. I APPLICATION FILED APR. 8,1907.

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mswr a I v m EDWARD B. PEIRGE, or LOWELL, nassaonusnrrs.

WALL-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Aug. is, 1908.

Application filed April 8, 1907. Serial No. 366,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, EDWBSRD B. Pnrnon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 'inI/Vall-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to what are known as wall beds or folding beds ofthe type wherein the bed is raised from the floor by suitable means andretained against the wall of the room during the day time or whenever itis not in use. i It comprises the additional feature of being soconstructed that it can be detached from the wall and moved to any partof the room."

With my device, when the bed is raised againstrthe wall, the beddingandbed clothmg are not pressed agalnst the wall and are not boxed in, butare exposed to the air of the room whereby they are much betterventilated than in other devices of a similar class.

My device can be used in connection with I the wall of an ordinary roomor it ma be attaehed to one ;side of a framework. or door pivotedcentrally at top and bottom or hinged 1n the opening of a recess or acloset as will be shown. In the latter case, when the bed is raisedagainst the framework, it may be revolved or swung so as to face therecess or closet wall instead of the wall of the room.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a sec tional view of the bed detachedfrom the wall and resting wholly upon its own legs, some parts beingomitted for clearness. Fig. 2 shows the bed attached to the wall withhead board and foot board folded down and the foot legs folded up,reparatory to raising. Fig. 3. shows the bed attached to the wall andinprocess of being raised. In Figs. 2 and 3, some of the parts are omittedfor clearness. Fig. '4 is an end view from the head, the bed beingdetached. Fig.5 shows the bed raised and held against the wall. Fig. 6shows an end View from the foot,the bed being do tached. Fig. 7 shows amodified form in which the high head board and foot board are :dispensedwith. Fign8 is a sectional viewon the line X Y of F ig. 2. Fig. 9 showsa pivotal framework with the clamp and lifting device attached thereto.Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are detail Views of the clam )s. Figs. 13, 14 and15 show another form 0 clamp.

W is. the wall, and U is'the floor. A represents the frame of the bed, Bis the each carries a pin pivot 'th .circular opening flanged to retainthe head of 'integrali'vith a bar 63.

D, D represent the foot legs and E, E rep-- resent the head legs. Thehead legs E, E are connected and held together at their tops by a strap11, and each carries astrong bracket 12 wlnch projects at right anglesto the legs. To these brackets 12 are pivoted the two curved supportingarms F, each of which comprises a short branch 20 which is long enoughtorest' underneath-strap 11 thereby revent ing long'branch 21 fromdropping beihw the horizontal. These arms Fserve to support the bedwhiieit is lowered. fEach arm F is pivoted to a bracket 12 at 22 and near theend of long branch 21,

to slide inside the slotted track'24which is attached one on each sideof bed frame A.- These slotted tracks 24 may be much shorter an as shownor may be reduced to 'a mere pin 25. At the head end of bed- 31," 31,which are just far enough from the .end of'frame A to allow straps 11 topass between, as shown in Fig. 1.

As the slotted tracks 24 are preferably of such length and arms F arepreferably somewhat longer. than one-half the length of bed frame A, itwill be. seen that the bed frame A must be moved through the medium ofslotted tracks 24=and pins 25 toward head legs ter of gravity to allowdogs .31 to pass over strap 11. When this is done, if legs E are heldagainst the wall, they, together with.

being raised or 25 which is adapted frame A are dogs,

E ,E beyond its cenarms F, will support the entire weight of the bed, asshown in Figrz. 31 also holdhead legs E in place when the bed isdetached. Head legs E are also connected by a cross bar 26. Upon thewall wherethe bed is to be reared, I place clampsfor the purpose offirinly attaching the headllegs.thm'eto. These clainps. comprise the.hooks 6 60, which are provided with "slots 61,; through whichthe pins '7by hooks 60 may beslidup ordownl The hooks 60 are connected byandare'preferably such size as to closely fit around cross bar 262 I 62pass into theyvalh 'lhere The hooks 60 are of and when down are arrangedat such a height to justallow 1: On the wall at one side of one hook 60'is a bar 26 to pass over them, see

.fixed jaw 64 andbeside the other hook (it) is a horizontally slidablejaw 65 which is kept l board C and foot board B serve to retain thenormally by spring 66 a distance away from jaw 64 sufiicient to permithead legs E to pass between. A lever 67 ivoted to the wall and to bar 63serves to raise or lower bar 63 and hooks 60. Lever .67 also carriespivotally a wedge 68 which passes behind slidable jaw 65 between saidjaw and its casing 69. Lever 67 has a handle 70.

To attach head legs E to the wall, lever handle 70 is raised and the bedis pushed up until cross bar-26 is over hooks 60 and the legs themselvesrest between jaws 64 and 65. Lever handle 70 is now pressed down whichraises hooks 60 up around cross bar 26, and

'the same motion by forcing wedge 68 between casing 69 and'jaw 65 forcesout slidable jaw 65 thus clamping the legs E, E, firmly in place.Preferably hooks 60, 60 are so adjusted that when raised under cross bar26 they will lift the head legs E a short distance from the ground. Headlegs E are tluis held firmly at four points against the wa l. I

The headboard O is pivoted to projections 32 from' the sides of frame Anear one end, the foot board B is pivoted to the projections 33 fromframe A near the other end, and the foot legs D are pivoted toprojections 34 from the under side of frame A. Foot board B issubstantially rectangular with rounded corners and its lower side 50passes through pro.- jections This lower side 50 carries cen trally anarm 35. Foot legs D, D are carried by a connecting shaft 39 whichcarries centrally an arm 38. This arm 38 is so pivotally connected witharm 35 carried by foot board B by a connecting link 36 that when footboard B is folded down, foot legs D, D are folded up as shown. Headboard C is substantially rectangular with rounded cor- 11ers and itslower Side 43 passes through projections 32. Lower side 43 of head boardC carries an arm 42 which is so pivotally connected by a connecting rod.41 with a second arm 40 carried by connecting shaft 39 that when footlegs D, D are folded up, head board C will be folded down. In this way,head board C, foot legs D, D, and foot board B all work together andwhen foot board B is folded down, head board C is folded down and footlegs D, D, are foldedup. When foot board B is raised, head board C israised and the foot legs D, D, are dropped. The result of thisconstruction is, that when foot board B is folded down upon the bedclothing K. as shown in Fig. 2, it also folds down upon the bed clothingK, the head. board C, and folds'up under the bed, the foot legs D, D. Tokeep the foot board B and the other parts in place, 1 use a button 45,pivoted to the. foot end of frame A. This button 45 is turned by hand tobe in front of arm 35 to keep foot board B upright and it is turnedsidewise to allow it to be lowered. Head,

92 to hold the bed clothing K in place.

bed clothing K in place when the bed is reared.

I provide a notch52 in connecting link 36 at such a point that when footboard B is down, button 45.n1ay be turned to enter' such notch 52thereby holding the parts in place in that position. The wheels 53, 53

are loosely mounted on connecting shaft 39 and should be large enough toclear projections 34, 34.

The operation of the device is as follows In starting with the beddetached and standing upon its. own legs, as shownin Fig. 1, it is firstpushed-a ainst the wall between the clamps 64 am 65, when the clampsare.

tightened against the head legs E until they are held firmly in place.Foot board B, carrying with it head board C and foot legs D, is

now folded down as shown in Fig. 2 and the arts are locked in place bybutton 45. The lied is so balanced now that by pressing down lightly onthe foot of the bed, dogs 31 are lifted from strap 11, as shown in Fig.3, until the wheels 53 rest on the floor U. The whole bed is now pushedtoward the wall or the head end. is raised by hand with the resultthat atoggle joint action 'takes place, whereby the head of the bed and arms Fare raised. As arms F support and guide the bed, and most of its weightis carried by wheels 53, it can be easily pushed up against the wall asshown in Fig 5. When it is desired to lower the bed, the reverseprocedure is carried out. The bed is lowered by pulling the foot endaway from the well, do s 31 are hooked over strap 11, and foot board Bis raised thereby unfolding legs D. The head and. foot boards and footlegs are then locked in place by means of button 45. The bed can be usedin this position 'or it can be detached by merely raising handle 70 oflever 67 when the bed can be rolled to any part of the room, To hold thebed in an upright position against the wall, I have attached to frame A,a hook or hooks 80 which can be hooked into eyes 81 attached to the wallN. For cot beds and other light unpretentious beds, I can dispense withthe high head board. and foot board. and with the devices for holdingthem down and. the foot legs up. I use a low head board 90 and a lowfoot board 91. I connect these by a rope or strap In such case, footlegs D only are folded up and are held up by hooks 93. The raisingoperation is the same as with the kind just de- The operation in thiscase is m the recess.

I. thereby clampin it and with.

' the head legs with means for-attaching them folding foot legs andwheels, whereby the tog- ,bettem of the foot of the bed frame.

, legs, and folding foot legs pivoted to the bed sec sw' g the wholedevice around iintil the bed- In Figs. 13; 14 and 15, I show anotherform of clamp which comprisesvertical jaws 101, 102 which are operatedby a'neccentric "shaft 103 is half rotated by handle 104-, jaws 101 and162 are raised under cross bar 26 7 it, the head legs E to the wal The--principal features of my device, are

to the wall, the brackets carried by the head legs and the sup'portinarms pivoted thereto and to the sides of the bed, 'to ether with thegleg'oint action is made possible andihe bed may be raised with slightex enditure of stren th. It is apparent thatt e head le ,s linay epermanently attachedto'the wa l, thus making a non-detachable bed. Itwill also'be'seen that in such case, the legs serve no purpose as lo e,and'brackets 12 maybe directly'attached to the wall, omitting the legsentirely, and connecting the brackets by strap 11. If theparts are madestrong enough, it is clear that as shown in Fig. 2, the foot legs may beomitted. The wheels 53, 53 may be omitted, but I prefer to use them toavoid unnecessary wear on the floor.

What I claim as my invention and desire to cover by Letters Patent is 1.A bed frame, head legs, a strap which connects the head legs, bracketscarried by the head legs, supporting arms pivoted to the brackets and tothe sides of the bed frame, dogs attached. to the bed frame and passedover said strap, and foot legs as described.

2. A bed. frame, connected head legs, means for attaching the head lensto the wall, sup ortin arms pivoted to the head legs and to t e beframe, and folding foot legs pivoted to the bed frame, combined with afolding head board, a folding foot board, and means for operating thefoot board, head board, and foot legs together.

3-. A bed frame, connected head legs, means for attaching the head legsto the wall, sup orting arms pivoted to the head legs and to t e bedframe, folding foot legs pivoted to the bed frame, and wheels mountedatthe 4. A bed frame, connected head legs, means for attaching the headlegs to the wall, supplortin arms pivoted to the head legs and c 0 t ebed frame, means for'detachably fasteningthe head of the bed'f'rame tothe head framev.

5. A bed frame, head legs, astra'p which connects the-head legs;brackets carried by the head legs, so porting armspivoted to thebrackets .andfslidably ivoted in slotted" strap, and foot legs asdescribed.

tracks on the-sides ofthe ed frame, dogs attached to the bed frame andpassed over sai 6. In a folding bed, a pivoted foot board, an armcarried thereby, pivoted foot legs, an

.arm carried thereby, and a conneeting link between said arms combinedwith a ivoted head board, an arm carried thcreby,-a second arm carriedby the foot legs, and/a rod ivotally connecting the sermon thehead andthe second arm on thefo'ot legs;

7. In a foldingbed, a pivoted foot board, an arm carried thereby,pivoted foot legs,'an

arm carried thereby, and a connecting link between said arms, and anotch therein, combined with a pivoted head board, an'arm car riedthereby, a second arm carried by the foot legs, and, a rod'pivotallyconnecting the arm on the head board and the second arm on the footlegs, and abutton pivoted to the foot of the bed frame adapted-to bemovedbehind the arm on the foot board or into the notch in theconnecting link as desired.

8, in a wall bed, a bed frame, head legs pivoted thereto and connectedby across bar and means for raising the bed against the wall, combinedwith hooks so attached to the card wall as to slide vertically thereon,and means for raising the hooks about the cross bar.

9. In a wall bed, a bed frame, head legs pivoted thereto and connectedby a cross bar and means for raising the bed against the wall, combinedwith hooks so attached to the wall as to slide vertically thereon, a rodcon nesting said hooks, a fixed clamp, a l:or1

zontally slidable clamp, a spring in front thereof, a lever pivoted tothe wall and to the connecting rod, and a wedge pivotally connected tothe lever and passed behind the slidable clamp,

10. A wall bed comprising a framework pivoted in an opening in the wall,combined with a bed frame,'head legs, a strap which connects the headlegs, brackets carried by the head legs, sup )orting arms pivoted to thebrackets and to t 1e sides of the bed frame, dogs attached to the bedframe and passed over said strap, means for detachably attaching thehead legs to the wall, and foot legs as described.

11. A bed frame, head legs, a strap which connects the head. legs,brackets carried bV thehea'd legs, supporting arms pivoted to theybrackets each comprising a short arms-(lapted to extend under the strapand a long arm which carries a pin pivoted to theside of the bed frame,dogs attached to the bed frame and passed over said strap, and foldingfoot legs as described.

. 12. In a wall bed an opening in the wall, a

framework pivoted in the opening, and

clam s-attached to the framework, com bme 'with a bed frame, head legsdetaphably held by theclamps, a strapwhich connects the head legs,brackets carried by the head legs, supporting arms pivoted to-thebpapke;

'ets and each confprising a'short arm which extends under the strap anda long arm j which carries a pinpivoted on the side of the bedframe .ina slotted track therein, a' folding foot board, a 'folding head board,folding footlegs, and means for folding and unfolding the head board andfoot board and foot legs together, wheels carried on the/ under sideatthe foot of the bed frame, and hooks carried by the bed frame fittedinto eyes on the headlegs, dogs attached to-the bed frame and fittedover the strap, means for detach- 'ablydattaching the head legs to thewall, '1

brackets carried by the head legs sup orting arms pivoted to thebrackets and eac 1 comprising a short arm which extends under the strapand a longarm, a pin carried by each long arm each slidably resting in atrack in the bed frame, pivoted foot legs, and-wheels mounted under thefoot: end of the bed frame.

In testimony whereof I hereby LfllX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

EDW'ARD B. PEIRCE. Witnesses: FLORENCE A. FARR, l\lARY V. ALLEN.

